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Trying to Conceive Recipe

Evening meal

Vegetable handvo

A savoury Gujarati baked cake made from rice and mixed lentil batter with grated vegetables — a wholesome one-dish meal.

Prep
20 min
Cook
40 min
Total
60 min
Portions
4
  • Moderate
  • Trying to conceive
  • Preparing for pregnancy
  • Vegetarian
  • High-protein
  • Fibre-rich
Sliced vegetable handvo on a steel plate with green chutney

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Ingredients

For 4 portions. Tick items as you go — nothing is changed for anyone else.

This recipe contains foods that can contribute to a varied and balanced diet during pregnancy.

Method

  1. Step 1. Soak the rice and dals separately for at least 4 hours, then drain and grind coarsely, or use rice flour and soaked, ground dal.
  2. Step 2. Mix the ground batter with curd and leave to ferment for a few hours, or use straightaway for a quicker version.
  3. Step 3. Stir in the grated bottle gourd, carrot, ginger-green chilli paste, turmeric and salt.
  4. Step 4. Just before baking, fold in the fruit salt or baking soda so the batter turns light and frothy.
  5. Step 5. Pour into a greased baking tin, top with a tempering of mustard seeds and sesame seeds fried briefly in oil, and bake at 180°C for about 35–40 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
  6. Step 6. Cool slightly, cut into squares and serve with green chutney.

Allergens for your selection

  • Contains: Milk
  • Contains: Sesame

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